David Button

David Button has almost thirty five years' experience in the Co-operative sector, having held key senior positions in Food from Britain, both as agricultural development director and as financial controller.

He is a past Chairman of the Plunkett Foundation holding the position for six years being instrumental in leading the organisation through an extensive strategic, financial and staffing review. This enabled the Foundation to maintain its key agricultural and rural co-operative development objectives whilst developing a leading role in the social enterprise sector.

David has considerable practical experience of all forms of cooperative development within the UK and also as a senior consultant working on international projects in Central and Eastern Europe funded by DFID and through them the World Bank He is currently a main Board member of Co-operatives uk representing its federal members and is also Chair of the UK Co-operative Forum where he also represents English Farming and Food Partnerships for whom he works as an Associate Consultant advising on all areas of agricultural collaborative development.

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This event will focus on volunteers and the range of ways that your community business can recruit and attract the right volunteers, and how to keep them engaged and on board once they've joined your team.